Eric Clapton - 2001-08-10 - Sacramento, CA (SBD)

Eric Clapton

2001-08-10

ARCO Arena

Sacramento, California

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Key To The Highway

02. Reptile

03. Got You On My Mind

04. Tears In Heaven

05. Bell Bottom Blues

06. Change The World

07. My Father's Eyes

08. River Of Tears

09. Going Down Slow

10. She's Gone

11. I Want A Little Girl

Disc 2:

01. Badge

02. Hoochie Coochie Man

03. Have You Ever Loved A Woman

04. Cocaine

05. Wonderful Tonight

06. Layla

07. Will It Go Round In Circles

08. Sunshine Of Your Love

09. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Bonus Track

Tour Rehearsal

10. Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Eric Clapton - 2001-08-10 - Sacramento, CA (SBD) 

When Eric Clapton went on tour in 2001, he announced that it would be his last world tour. Fortunately for all of us, he changed his mind and continues to play live on a regular basis. At the time though, he recorded many of the shows from the tour in anticipation of releasing a live album to commemorate his farewell from live performancs. In 2002, he released One More Car, One More Rider, a double live disc that featured tunes from his August 18 and 19, 2001 shows in Los Angles. This soundboard recording is from just a week prior to those shows, in Sacramento on August 10, 2001, 22 years ago today. 

EC has strong connections to 2 of our featured artists this month, The Band and The Allman Brothers.  He often cited that the music of The Band was a major influence as to why he moved away from the the type of pyschaedic rock being played by Crean.  In 1976 Clpaton appeard the band's last Waltz farewell concert. Then in 1994, he made the induction speech for The Band when the yentered the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.  Calpton's connections to the Allmans also run deep.  He once described Duane Allman as "the musical brother that I never had, but wished I did". Duane was instrumental in the recording of EC's masterpiece, the Derek & The Dominos double album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Duane played on 11 of the 14 tracks on the album, inspiring Clapton to reach deep inside himself to reclaim the guitar skills that once led kids in England to scribble “Clapton Is God” on the walls of buildings.In 2009, during the Allman Brothers' 40th anniversary concerts at the Beacon Theatre, Clapton joined them for 2 shows, on March 19 and 20.  The highlight of those concerts was EC and the Allmans, playing numerous tracks from the Layla album. Derek Trucks, whose first name was taken from the title of the legendary album was on guitar for the Allmans during those shows, making the moments even more poignant!